Clothra

Irish - A queen of Connaught. Daughter of Eochaid Feidhleach and Cliothfhionn. Sister of Eithne, the Finn Eamhna, Maev and Mughain. Mother of Cormac Cond Longes, Furbaidhe and Lugaid Riabhdearg. She drowned her own sister, Eithne, and on the eve of the Battle of Comar, in which they were killed, slept with her triplet brothers. The body of her son Lugaid was divided into three sections by red stripes reflecting his triple parentage. In some accounts she slept with Lugaid and bore a son, Criomhthann Nia Nair. She was one of four sisters said to have married Cormac mac Nessa. In some accounts, she was killed by her sister, Maev, who was killed by Furbaidhe to avenge the death of his mother. On occassion, known as Clothra, Clothru or Clothru.